Linear instability of solitary wave solutions of the Kawahara equation and its generalizations

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1356-1378

  Bridges, Thomas J ^a   Derks, Gianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evans function; Multisymplectic structures; Solitary waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036436270     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036141099361494     Document Type: Article

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